The Meeker herald., 1887-03-05
GENERAL NJ VgS.


The West Virginia Legislature has
adjourned without ciecting United
States Senator.
Snow In Vermont is from five Ia
twenty feet deep. and all railway trains
are blocka,lcd or impc,ied.
William II. Morrison has been ten.
dcfed u position on the Inter. state
Commission. and has accepted.
Prime. Alexander, formerly ruler of
Bulgaria. Is III with the smallpox nj the
house Of his father In Darmslaht.
The Senate has passed the House bill
opening the NO Mans Land" strip 10
settlement, and provid,n. for It's govern.
nrnt.
The l,richs,Ag has been summoned ,o
mes, March III. The governments ma
jotity is lar.. enough To carry out the
plan Of increasing the army.
Democratic senators In Indiana re-.
fusc Ia allow Lieutenant, Governor Rob
-,,son To enter their chamber and tho
Republicans decline to take part In
their deliberations.
Senator Sherman has rcsigned m
President pro ,ria. Of the United States
Senate. Al the Republican caucus
held the eth ui,. Senator Ingalls, MAS
chosen to succeed him.
T.. a. i,yrncs. Of New Jersey. has
bccn confirmed agent nj the Cintsh and
Ouray agencies In Utah. Also Colonel
r. e. isayi~s. oe Ajassnuss, ~ xsess.A1
Of the lai,d Office al Del NoItc.
car,iina! Jarobini died. nj Rome on
Saturday last. lie was chief adviser of
the pope. and was prominent In the re-
cent elections In German: on behalf of
Bismarck. lie was 81 years old.
Tine election for members of the Can.
alian Parliament resulted IN favor Of
tire Conservatives. the party In power nj
present. They elected no members.
the Liberals 81 and the Independents I.
A schooner sailing down the st.
Johns river. when abou, six miles l'c-
low jacksonville. Florida. was lifted
ou, of the water 10y u whirlwind. turned
partially around and then cal'sixcsi. Her
crew. Hyc men. were lost.
prcsiicu, Cleveland has approved the
act ,o Indemnify certain subjects Of the
Chinese Empire for loss sustained by
the violence Of the mob at Rock
Spring. Wyoming. also the acts In rc-
aanl Ia public buildings nj Denver.
The Nebraska Legislature will prob
ably pass bill providing tha, all alien
owners Of lands shall become the prop.
.rty of the State on the death Of the
present owners. the heirs being paid the
appraised value out of the school fund.
Italy experienced a severe earthquake
on the 9th and 18th ui,. The number
OF people killed and injured amount 10
about seven hundred. Fifteen tbous-
aud people have left Nice since the
shocks commenced. and the exodus
still continues.
The people OF Kansas dctest the name
ST. John. They had county named
in honor Of the former Governor. but
they had no use for the man who ttirnei'
traitor after failing la bc elected for
third term. Governor Martin signed
the bill changing the name Of that
county to Logan.
An engine attached to u passenger
train on the Chicago and Eastern rail.
road. which was just pulling out Of the
depot nj Chicago exploded last Saturday
evening. Engineer Mciningcr and Fire
man Lowe were killed, their remains
being scattered for block in all iirec
tons. The coaches and passengers
escaped injury.
a depaorablc accident occurred las.
Saturday afternoon on the Lehjgh Val.
ley railroad. six miles above Easton.
Pennsylvania. by which six boys. aged
from II TO Ii years. were killed. Their
names are Walter Moon. Walter Heath,
Willie Pearcc. John Gregg, Charles
Bonstein and Manning Gavis. While
walking on the railroad track a coal
train was bearing down upon them. and
the boys stepped to the opposite track.
when they were struck b, a fast passen-
ger train and were horribly mangled
and killed. When the bodies were
gathered together in row 1t was terri
bic sight. and many Of the passengers
left the scene with tears in their eyes.